fête des Mères

\fɛt de mɛʁ\

/\fɛt de mɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“fête des Mères” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fête annuelle où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur mère.

Key facts for fête des Mères
PropertyValue
Headwordfête des Mères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛt de mɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fête des Mères” sits in French frequency

fête des Mères falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fête des Mères is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛt de mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fête annuelle où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur mère.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fête des Mères, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fête des Mères, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -M-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fête annuelle où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur mère.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fête des Mères"?
"fête des Mères" is spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -M-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛt de mɛʁ\.
What does "fête des Mères" mean?
As a noun, "fête des Mères" means: Fête annuelle où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur mère.
How do you pronounce "fête des Mères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fête des Mères" is \fɛt de mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fête des Mères" come from?
"fête des Mères" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “fête des Mères”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -M-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛt de mɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list